Chemical Engineering University of Cincinnati
What is Chemical Engineering?
Chemical Engineers focus on Useful Chemistry and Biology To solve problems and produce materials profitably
Petrochemicals Pharmaceuticals
Computer chips Polymers
Biomedical instruments and devices Tissue engineering
Chemical Engineering Co-op Opportunities
Students start their co-op experience at the beginning of their Sophomore year. Among companies participating in the program are the following:
• GE Plastics
• Dow Chemical
• Marathon Ashland Petroleum
• Shepherd Chemical
• Dow Corning
• Lubrizol
• Procter & Gamble
• Eli-Lilly
• Cognis
• BP/Amoco
• Bayer
• Batelle
• Rohm & Haas
• Intel
Chemical Engineering Curriculum (cont.)
Freshman Yr.
• Chemistry
• Calculus I-III
• English
• Physics
• Computer Language
• Introduction to Engineering
Sophomore Yr.
• Calculus IV
• Differential Equations
• Organic Chemistry
• Mechanics I
• Strength of Materials
• Basic Thermodynamics
• Material & Energy Balances
• Engineering Biology
Chemical Engineering Curriculum (cont.)
Pre-Junior Yr.
• Basic Electric Circuits
• Physical Chemistry
• Chem. Eng.
Thermodynamics
• Nature & Properties of Materials
• Computer Methods
• Equilibrium Processes
• Principle Heat Transfer
Junior Yr.
• Analytical Chemistry
• Technical Writing
• Principles of Mass Transfer
• Chem. E. Lab IV
• Chemical Reactions
• Process Dynamics
Chemical Engineering Curriculum (cont.)
Senior Yr.
• Chem. E Lab V
• Chemical Engineering Systems
• Process Design I & II
• Chemical Engineering Seminar
• Technical Electives
Micropatterning of Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells with 3T3 Fibroblasts
Endothelial cells
Chitosan solution
Fibroblast cells
cell-resistant polyelectrolyte